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Make driving safer and more efficientVoice Maps

Voice Maps allow speech technology to be integrated into map applications, taking the quality of spoken instructions and voice recognition to a much higher level and helping software developers to differentiate their solutions in navigation, location-based and GIS/Telematics services.

Voice Maps make driving safer and more efficient. Combined with text-to-speech technology, Voice Maps allow the system to provide extra, natural spoken instructions that are generated dynamically. The voice input functions (speech recognition) allow users to enter commands and destination simply by speaking to the device.

Benefits for end users

Improved navigation

• Instead of “take second street on the left”, more details such as “at the second street on the left, turn into Grays Inn Road”

• Added pronunciation variations; device “understands” the user (voice recognition)

• Data is validated by experts to avoid bad pronunciation or pronunciation errors (text-to-speech)

Safer driving

• Hands-free: destination entry and functions control as well as while-driving changes (speech recognition)

• Vocal instructions: allow drivers to keep eyes on the road (text-to-speech)

Take me to Covent Garden in London.‘2te&Ik_mi_tu_kA+.v$nt_’gA.dn%)

Turn left on Shaftesbury Avenue in 50 meters.tE0n_lEft_A+n_SAfts.b$.R+I_ ’2@.v$.nju_In_fIf.tI_’mi.t$z

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Benefits for application developers

Bring quality to a higher level• In-house linguist team of native speakers produces

and validates high-quality phonetic transcriptions

• Differentiate by providing instructions “on-the-fly”

• Sign post: street names, exit names and numbers, route numbers, place names and other destinations

• POIs:

• Extended choice of POI categories

• Official, alternate and brand names

• Place names: index area names, administrative names, built-up areas, Locality Index phonemes

• Road elements: official and alternate names, route numbers

• Exonyms: e.g. ‘Florence’ and ‘Firenze’

Shorten your time to market• No need to use pre-recorded voices

• Highly automated creation and update of audible content

• Lower conversion costs

• Reduced memory requirements

Choose the speech technology that you prefer• Based on International Phonetic Alphabet and

compliant with major speech technologies: Acapela Group, IBM, Loquendo, Nuance, Svox, and Temic SDS (Harman Becker)

Reach more consumers• Voice Maps are available in the following countries:

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EUROPE

Andorra Castilian Spanish, Catalan

Austria German

Belgium Dutch, French, German

Czech Republic Czech

Denmark Danish

Finland Swedish, Finnish

France French

Germany German

Gibraltar Castilian Spanish

Greece Greek

Hungary Hungarian

Ireland UK English

Italy French, Italian, German

Liechtenstein French, German, Italian

Luxembourg French, German

EUROPE

Monaco French

Netherlands, The Dutch

Norway Norwegian

Poland Polish

Portugal Portuguese

Russian Federation Russian

San Marino Italian

Spain Castilian Spanish, Catalan

Sweden Swedish

Switzerland French, German, Italian

Turkey Turkish

United Kingdom UK English

Vatican City Italian

ASIA

Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region of

China

UK English

Korea, Republic of

(South)Korean (proprietary)

Macao Special

Administrative Region of

China

UK English; Portuguese

Australia Australian English

New Zealand Australian English

Brunei Darussalam UK English

ASIA

Indonesia UK English

Malaysia UK English

Philippines UK English

Singapore UK English

Thailand UK English

India Indian English

Vietnam

AMERICAS

Argentina Argentinian Spanish

Brazil Brazilian Portuguese

Chile Spanish

Venezuela

(Bolivarian

Republic of)

Venezuelan Spanish

Canada US English, Canadian French

Mexico Mex. Spanish

Puerto Rico US English, Mex. Spanish

United States US English, Mex. Spanish

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

Kenya

Lesotho South-African English; South-African Dutch

Morocco French

Namibia

Nigeria

South Africa South-African English; South-African Dutch

Swaziland South-African English; South-African Dutch

Tunisia

Coverage